Government of Canada jobs for Indigenous people (only); whites need not apply

The Government of Canada is committed to building a workforce that is representative of Canada’s population.

Some public service jobs are only open to Indigenous people, and to be considered for these opportunities, you need to self-declare when you apply. You can choose how the information you provide will be used, whether for statistical purposes only or to be considered for a job.

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How Google Falls

“There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen.” —Vladimir Lenin

This has been such a week or several weeks.  Everything seems to be happening.  Most of it not so good.  And it ain’t over.

At such times, it is easy to become despondent.  Americans are watching cherished institutions crumble in the face of leftist ideology: the FBI, the courts, election officials, the Justice Department, ballots in trucks, ballots in suitcases.  No need to review that here.

Well, there is something else going on, and maybe it’s time to dig into it a bit.

Stand back from the political maelstrom, take a deep breath, and let’s talk technology.  No, let’s go deeper and talk software.

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What Is Mark Zuckerberg’s Election Money Doing In Georgia?

Imagine if a billionaire of conservative or libertarian leanings—Charles Koch, say—had given $350 million to a nonprofit run by Republican operatives who previously worked at a “dark money” outfit tied to Karl Rove where they trained digital activists and campaign workers.

Then imagine this nonprofit group re-granted the millions of dollars to local election officials to “help” them carry out the 2020 election—buying drop boxes for ballots, hiring temporary staff, conducting “voter education,” and the like.

Finally, imagine that in 2020, a state that usually voted for the other party in presidential elections narrowly flipped to the donor’s preferred party, and counties receiving “help” were disproportionately ones that helped the Republican win the state, with many counties shifting dramatically from their historical patterns in a red-ward direction.

Even supposing there were perfectly ethical and legal reasons for all this, because of the appearance of election influence from private parties with deep pockets, it would be front-page news. The New York Times would be outraged a nonprofit gave the appearance of acting in a partisan basis in an electoral process. Elected officials in the disfavored party would be loudly objecting, threatening lawsuits, demanding investigations of the election officials who accepted the funds, and insisting election laws be changed to prevent any such effort in the future.

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Trudeau government won’t say who got billions of dollars in aid

While the government has made available high-level aggregate spending statistics, or estimates of the net fiscal impact, for the more than 100 programs it has launched since the pandemic began, only a few departments have released details about which individuals, groups or companies have received government money.

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Teenager who beheaded a French teacher is given a hero’s funeral in his native Chechnya, with mourners chanting ‘Allahu Akbar’ as hundreds turn out to see the killer buried

The body of the killer who decapitated teacher Samuel Paty, and was lauded as a ‘lion of Islam’ at his funeral, had been returned from France on Saturday.

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